Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, and co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films.[5] The film is a live-action/CGI-animated[6] remake of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's eighteenth-century fairy tale. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the titular characters with Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson in supporting roles.[7]
Principal photography began at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England on May 18, 2015, and ended on August 21. Beauty and the Beast premiered on February 23, 2017, at Spencer House in London and was released in the United States on March 17, 2017, in the standard, Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D formats along with Dolby Cinema.[8] The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2017 and the 21st highest-grossing film of all time.
In Rococo-era France, an enchantress disguised as a beggar woman offers a Prince a single rose in exchange for shelter. When the Prince refuses, she transforms him into a monstrous beast and his servants into various household objects. The enchantress then hexes the rose, warning the Prince that, unless he learns to love another and earns their love in return before the last petal falls, he and his servants will lose their humanity forever.
Several years later, in the nearby village of Villeneuve, a young woman named Belle lives with her father Maurice, an artist and tinkerer. Gaston, a celebrated former soldier, seeks her hand in marriage, but she is repulsed by his arrogance and narcissism. On a trip to the market to sell music boxes, Maurice and his horse Philippe lose their way in the forest and are attacked by wolves. They seek refuge at the castle, but Maurice is imprisoned by the Beast as penance for taking a rose from the garden. When she realizes her father is missing upon Philippe's sudden arrival, Belle ventures into the forest in search for him, and finds him locked in the castle's dungeon. The Beast confronts her and accepts her offer to take her father's place
Directed by Bill Condon
Produced by David Hoberman,Todd Lieberman
Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky,Evan Spiliotopoulos
Based on Disney's Beauty and the Beast,Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Starring Emma Watson,Dan Stevens,Luke Evans,Kevin Kline,Josh Gad,Ewan McGregor,Stanley Tucci,Audra McDonald,Gugu Mbatha-Raw,Ian McKellen,Emma Thompson
Music by Alan Menken
Cinematography Tobias A. Schliessler
Edited by Virginia Katz
Production company Walt Disney Pictures,Mandeville Films
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios,Motion Pictures
Release date February 23, 2017 (Spencer House),March 17, 2017 (United States)
Running time 129 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $160 million
Box office $1.048 billion
